Homework:
My Planning Future
Old Homework:
Due February 6th: Economic PowerPoint project (worth 3 grades). Be sure to breakdown your information into bullet points. Include photos and current events related to your topic. Email to [email protected] or bring on flash drive.
Thursday 1/17: Quiz on Foreign Policy guided notes
Friday 1/10: Quiz Elections guided notes
Thursday 12/6: Quiz guided notes judicial branch
Wednesday 11/28: Quiz the questions from the end of the executive branch video below
Thursday November 15: type a one page essay about the midterm election. Include your opinions about what you think is the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is. Include the Florida election results. Email your essay to: [email protected]
Tuesday 13: Quiz review questions at the end of this video
Quiz Tuesday Nov 8: the review questions from the end of the Federalism video
Due 10/17: you can email it to: [email protected] or bring on a flash drive
PowerPoint: Congress – Valerie, Laura
Judicial Branch – Kaitlyn & Brit
Executive Branch Back, Kiena
Bureaucracy (Executive Agencies: FBI, CIA, EPA, etc.) Gabby, Lucia, Campos
Foreign Policy - Alexis
Domestic Policy Zach, Jacob, Jose
Political Parties Jorge & Wei
Elections Ricky & Hallsy
Wars Leo & Vale
PowerPoint: Congress – Valerie, Laura
Judicial Branch – Kaitlyn & Brit
Executive Branch Back, Kiena
Bureaucracy (Executive Agencies: FBI, CIA, EPA, etc.) Gabby, Lucia, Campos
Foreign Policy - Alexis
Domestic Policy Zach, Jacob, Jose
Political Parties Jorge & Wei
Elections Ricky & Hallsy
Wars Leo & Vale
Friday October 5th: Quiz guided notes on Voting Amendments
Tuesday 9/18: complete the guided notes for the video (both below):
Friday September 21: Quiz Review Questions from the end of the Video
Wed 9/12: Mini-essay - Read an article (from sources like: New York Times, Washington Post, CNN-online, Fox News-online, Miami Herald, etc.) on any current event and write two paragraphs about the event. On your paper be sure to list the name of the publication, the name and date of the article and how the US, state, or local government could or should respond to the event!
Friday 9/7: quiz guided notes from video below:
Friday August 31st: Quiz -Articles of Confederation - Define constitution, confederation and central government. List five weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Wednesday August 29th: watch the video below and complete the guided notes below you may hand write them.
Due Thursday August 23:watch the video below and fill out the guided notes which you will need to print out or write by hand. QUIZ REVIEW QUESTIONS AT THE END OF VIDEO
Last Year's Homework:
Period: 1 & 2 Thursday April 26:
Social Security
401K - pretax retirement investment plan paid for by employee & employer
FICO Score - your credit rating
Amount of salary financial planners suggest you save? 10 to 15%
Amount of money financial planners suggest you will need for retirement? $1 to 1.5 million
Social Security
- Old Age Pension Plan
- Disability Insurance
- Unemployment Insurance
401K - pretax retirement investment plan paid for by employee & employer
FICO Score - your credit rating
Amount of salary financial planners suggest you save? 10 to 15%
Amount of money financial planners suggest you will need for retirement? $1 to 1.5 million
NOTE I HAVE UPDATED THE POWERPOINT INSTRUCTIONS. PLEASE DOWNLOAD NEW VERSION
Tuesday March 13: have all information completed for your Future Planning Budget
Thursday March 15th Both Classes have completed PowerPoint project finished - you may email it to [email protected] or bring it on a flash drive
Tuesday March 6: Come up with career you are potentially interested in the future. also Be sure your group has invested all of your funds on the Stock Market Game. If you still don't know how to purchase stocks there are video tutorials for the game.
Quiz Postponed Until Thursday March 1 : Recession - a temporary decline in the economy | Laissez-Faire - when the government stays out of the economy | Federal Reserve - supplies our currency and sets interest rates | What does the Federal Reserve do during a recession? Lowers interest rates to increase lending | Normal unemployment rates - 4 to 6% | Inflation - rise in prices | When does inflation become a problem? When wages don't go up | Subsidies - when the government gives money to an industry
Quiz Friday Feb 16:
Capitalism – a system in which a countries economy is controlled by private owners rather than the state
Command / planned economy – one controlled by the government
Mixed economy – a capitalist economy with some government regulation
Socialism – certain industries are operated by the government
Communism – all private property is publicly owned
Historical Communist Countries: The Soviet Union, China, & North Korea
Stock market – a place to buy shares of publicly traded companies
GDP or Gross Domestic Product – total value of goods and services provided in a country in one year
Top 5 National GDP’s: US, China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom
US’s GDP: $19 trillion
Capitalism – a system in which a countries economy is controlled by private owners rather than the state
Command / planned economy – one controlled by the government
Mixed economy – a capitalist economy with some government regulation
Socialism – certain industries are operated by the government
Communism – all private property is publicly owned
Historical Communist Countries: The Soviet Union, China, & North Korea
Stock market – a place to buy shares of publicly traded companies
GDP or Gross Domestic Product – total value of goods and services provided in a country in one year
Top 5 National GDP’s: US, China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom
US’s GDP: $19 trillion
Wednesday 14th: watch Crash Course #4 and write your own guided notes
Thursday Feb 8 & Friday Feb 9: complete the guided notes listed below:
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Thursday Feb 8 & Friday Feb 9: Login and create your account for the Stock Market Game competition. This is the first year I am doing this so I'm not exactly sure how to do it. The login information is below
www.stockmarketgame.org/
Period 1:
Team 1: Alejandro Mercado, Lorenzo Madera, Brandon Slav: Username: FL_71_ZZ0, Password:CEX13672
Team 2: Charles Brewer, Sofia Himiob, Martina Cant: Username: FL_71_ZZ1, Password:QWI21263
Team 3: Duda Gomes, Paola Alcazar, Isa Mozzi, Nico Iregui: Username: FL_71_ZZ2, Password:ZEE19471
Team 4: Nicole Martinez, Betsy Carbonel, Kate Arias, Diego Pardon: Username: FL_71_ZZ3, Password:IVM19985
Team 5: Sofia Vargas, Verania Sosa, Diana Christancho, Taylor Latakis: Username: FL_71_ZZ4, Password:IGF30820
Team 6: Jacob Schiff, Max Blum, David Ayan, Ryan Michot: Username:FL_71_ZZ5, Password:RXI14027
Team 7: Louis Bouchard, Lia Shaw, Tom Biggs, Guille Abella, Robert Zoeller: Username:FL_71_ZZ6, Password:IXFP3992
Team 8: Casadilla Arelanes: Username:FL_71_ZZ7, Password:PUH23385
Period 2:
Team 1: Julian Botero, Ryan Hernandez, Mathew Harke: Username:FL_71_ZZ8, Password:NRO31323
Team 2: Una Cambo, Penelope Perello, Lara Villarino, Thais Carrasquillo: Username:FL_71_ZZ9, Password:BCY30486
Team 3: Gabby Gomez, Chloe Schwinhammer: FL_71_ZZ10, Password:ODT14524
Team 4: Kai Tworoger, Liam Arzola, Todd Hendrix, Paul Fautier: Username:FL_71_ZZ11, Password:JOP30389
Team 5: Jens Cuba, Daniel Sordo, Gabriel Sole: Username:FL_71_ZZ12, Password:CLFK6306
Team 6: Giancarlo Hernandez, Britney Rizzo: Username:FL_71_ZZ13, Password:ZMFA6214
Team 7: James Acosta, Edoardo Pons: Username:FL_71_ZZ14, Password:ORWP8946
Team 8: Julia Marotta, Juan Fernandez, Diego Sanchez, Francesca Paret: Username:FL_71_ZZ15, Password:OZFA4201
www.stockmarketgame.org/
Period 1:
Team 1: Alejandro Mercado, Lorenzo Madera, Brandon Slav: Username: FL_71_ZZ0, Password:CEX13672
Team 2: Charles Brewer, Sofia Himiob, Martina Cant: Username: FL_71_ZZ1, Password:QWI21263
Team 3: Duda Gomes, Paola Alcazar, Isa Mozzi, Nico Iregui: Username: FL_71_ZZ2, Password:ZEE19471
Team 4: Nicole Martinez, Betsy Carbonel, Kate Arias, Diego Pardon: Username: FL_71_ZZ3, Password:IVM19985
Team 5: Sofia Vargas, Verania Sosa, Diana Christancho, Taylor Latakis: Username: FL_71_ZZ4, Password:IGF30820
Team 6: Jacob Schiff, Max Blum, David Ayan, Ryan Michot: Username:FL_71_ZZ5, Password:RXI14027
Team 7: Louis Bouchard, Lia Shaw, Tom Biggs, Guille Abella, Robert Zoeller: Username:FL_71_ZZ6, Password:IXFP3992
Team 8: Casadilla Arelanes: Username:FL_71_ZZ7, Password:PUH23385
Period 2:
Team 1: Julian Botero, Ryan Hernandez, Mathew Harke: Username:FL_71_ZZ8, Password:NRO31323
Team 2: Una Cambo, Penelope Perello, Lara Villarino, Thais Carrasquillo: Username:FL_71_ZZ9, Password:BCY30486
Team 3: Gabby Gomez, Chloe Schwinhammer: FL_71_ZZ10, Password:ODT14524
Team 4: Kai Tworoger, Liam Arzola, Todd Hendrix, Paul Fautier: Username:FL_71_ZZ11, Password:JOP30389
Team 5: Jens Cuba, Daniel Sordo, Gabriel Sole: Username:FL_71_ZZ12, Password:CLFK6306
Team 6: Giancarlo Hernandez, Britney Rizzo: Username:FL_71_ZZ13, Password:ZMFA6214
Team 7: James Acosta, Edoardo Pons: Username:FL_71_ZZ14, Password:ORWP8946
Team 8: Julia Marotta, Juan Fernandez, Diego Sanchez, Francesca Paret: Username:FL_71_ZZ15, Password:OZFA4201
Vocab Quiz Period 1 Thursday Feb 1 & Period 2: Tuesday Feb 6:
Economics - the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
Scarcity - idea that our resources are limited but our "wants" are unlimited
Factors of Production - land, labor, and capital
Trade-offs - all the alternatives that we give up whenever we choose one course of action over another
Opportunity Cost - the most desirable alternative given up that will give you the best results
Efficiency - using resources in such a way as to maximize the production of goods and services
Define Needs vs. Wants
Adam Smith - "the Father of Economics" who wrote the Wealth of Nations
Services - creating money by providing a service such as being a lawyer
Goods - creating a tangible item
America is now dominated by a service economy
Economics - the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
Scarcity - idea that our resources are limited but our "wants" are unlimited
Factors of Production - land, labor, and capital
Trade-offs - all the alternatives that we give up whenever we choose one course of action over another
Opportunity Cost - the most desirable alternative given up that will give you the best results
Efficiency - using resources in such a way as to maximize the production of goods and services
Define Needs vs. Wants
Adam Smith - "the Father of Economics" who wrote the Wealth of Nations
Services - creating money by providing a service such as being a lawyer
Goods - creating a tangible item
America is now dominated by a service economy
Due Tuesday Jan 30 & Wednesday Jan 31: Complete the guided notes while watching the video below. You do not need to comment
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Due Thursday Jan 25 & Friday Jan 25: Group project (Worth 5 Grades)- create a PowerPoint on your assigned area of Economics. PowerPoint should include: key terms & concepts, themes, examples, pictures, and graphs. Each group will present their PowerPoint during class. Rubric 60% information 40% Presentation. You should be prepared to be experts on your assigned section and to answer questions on your topics. You can bring it on a flash drive, save it on the cloud, or email it to: [email protected]
Test Wednesday 1/17: Worth 4 Grades - you will have a test on everything we have covered this year including: John Locke, Montesquieu, the Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights, The Mayflower Compact, The Constitutional Convention, The Preamble, The Bill of Rights, Voting Rights, Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Due Friday 1/19: Complete the guided notes below. Be sure to comment for full credit.
Quiz Friday 1/12: Review questions from the end of the Political Parties video below. NOT INTEREST GROUPS.
Due Tuesday 12/19 & 12/20: complete the guided notes below. Be sure to comment to receive full credit
Due Tuesday 12/12 & Wednesday 12/13: complete the guided notes from the video below. Be sure to comment to receive full credit
Quiz Thursday & Friday 12/7 & 8: 14th Amendment: Provides "equal protection of the law," Plessy v. Ferguson - "Separate but Equal" - legalized segregation, Brown v. Board of Ed. - overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and ended "legal segregation," In re' Gault - juveniles have due process, Due process rights - lawyer, jury, witnesses, speedy public trial, Tinker v. Des Moines - students have rights & free speech is more than just words, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir - limits students free speech rights in school, Gideon v. Wainright - state must provide a lawyer if you can't afford it, Miranda v. Arizona - must be made aware of rights, right to 5th Amendment/right to remain silent & 6th Amendment right to a lawyer
Due Tuesday 12/5: complete the guided notes below - Be sure to comment to receive full credit
Quiz Friday 12/1:
Electoral College, 22nd Amendment, job of the judicial branch, Dual Court System - state & federal, two "types" of court cases - criminal and civil, define civil cases, US Supreme Court - 9 justices who serve for life, establish precedent, Marbury v. Madison, define: prosecutor, plaintiff, jury, appeal, jurisdiction, precedent, judicial review
Electoral College, 22nd Amendment, job of the judicial branch, Dual Court System - state & federal, two "types" of court cases - criminal and civil, define civil cases, US Supreme Court - 9 justices who serve for life, establish precedent, Marbury v. Madison, define: prosecutor, plaintiff, jury, appeal, jurisdiction, precedent, judicial review
Due Wednesday 11/29: complete the guided notes from the video below. Be sure to comment to receive full credit.
Due Monday 11 / 20 & Tuesday 11/21: Complete the guided notes from the video below. Be sure to comment to receive full credit.
Quiz 11/16 & 17: Review Questions from the review questions of Executive Branch video and guided notes
Due Tuesday 11/14 & Weds 11/15: complete the guided notes from the video below
Due Tuesday 11/7 & Weds 11/8: Watch the following video and comment on one thing that you learned. Be sure to comment to receive full credit.
Quiz Thurs 11/2 & Friday 11/3: (worth 2 grades)Amendments: 13, 14, 15, 19, 24th, Voting Rights Act of 1965, & 26th, and Congress - bicameral, House of Reps, Senate, enumerated powers (list three), Necessary & Proper Clause, "advice & consent" of the Senate,
Due Tuesday 10/31 & Weds 11/1: Complete the worksheet below, while watching the video. Be sure to comment on something that you learned!
Due Tuesday 10/24 & Wednesday 10/25 - complete the guided notes while watching the video below. Be sure to comment to receive full credit
Quiz Wednesday 10/25 Period 2 only- Federalists vs. Anti Federalists and Amendments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, & 8th ALSO SEE BELOW
Tuesday October 17 & Wednesday October 18: Complete the guided notes from the video below. Be sure to comment for full credit.
Thursday 10/12 & Friday 10/13: Guided notes Bill of Rights
Tuesday October 10 & Wednesday October 11: Complete the guided notes from the video below. Be sure to comment for full credit
Tuesday October 3 & Weds October 4: Complete the guided notes from the video below
Thursday October 5 & Friday October 6: Quiz / Mini-Test (worth 3 grades): Theories of Democracy, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Social Contract, Representative Democracy, Declaration of Independence, John Locke, Montesquieu, Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention.
Thursday September 28 & Friday September 29: Vocab quiz - memorize the following definitions
Limited Government - the idea the government does not have absolute power
Magna Carta - established the principle of limited government
English Bill of Rights - established the principle that governments must protect certain rights
Enlightenment - age in which philosophers began to question absolute monarchs
John Locke - wrote about the social contract and natural rights
Montesquieu - wrote about separation of powers
John Locke's Influence - his ideas were borrowed by Jefferson for the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence - declared our independence from Great Britain in 1776
Declaration's Natural Rights:
Limited Government - the idea the government does not have absolute power
Magna Carta - established the principle of limited government
English Bill of Rights - established the principle that governments must protect certain rights
Enlightenment - age in which philosophers began to question absolute monarchs
John Locke - wrote about the social contract and natural rights
Montesquieu - wrote about separation of powers
John Locke's Influence - his ideas were borrowed by Jefferson for the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence - declared our independence from Great Britain in 1776
Declaration's Natural Rights:
- Life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness
- Right "to alter or abolish" governments that broke the social contract
- Governments created through the "consent of the governed"
Due Tuesday & Wednesday September 26 & 27 : Complete the guided notes on the Articles of Confederation. Be sure to comment to receive full credit
Wednesday August 23rd: Read over syllabus. Send me an email from my home-page stating that you understand the syllabus with your parent's or guardian's email address(es)
Thursday August 24th & Friday August 25th: read a current event article and write a minimum or 3/4th of a page typed or one full page hand written concerning the U.S. Government. It could be the government's response to a foreign or domestic issue. You can use any "reputable" publication (Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Miami Herald, Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, FoxNews.com, etc.) Be sure to include the name of the article, author, and date. You may email your essay, print, or write by hand.
Tuesday August 29 & Wednesday August 30: Download (or view) the guided notes below. Fill out the blanks while you are watching the videos below. You can type out the answers or write them by hand.
By Monday August 28 & Tuesday August 29th: UPDATE: Your book is called Magruder's American Government. Go to lesson one, topic one Principles of Government. Then scroll down and read Text One: We the People.
Quiz August Thursday 31 & Friday September 1st: Vocabulary Quiz 2 Parts: Memorize these definitions and study notes (10 additional questions)
Government - institutions that create public policy
Public policy - plans to help the people
Politics - how government gets elected and establishes public policy
Direct democracy - all the people vote on laws and policies
Republic - representative democracy
Representative democracy - the people elect officials to represent them
Why don't we have a direct democracy? - we are too big, people are too busy, and lack interest and expertise
Legislative - power to make laws
Sovereignty - the power of a government to rule
Social Contract - the population gives up power and rights in exchange for protection and well-being
Government - institutions that create public policy
Public policy - plans to help the people
Politics - how government gets elected and establishes public policy
Direct democracy - all the people vote on laws and policies
Republic - representative democracy
Representative democracy - the people elect officials to represent them
Why don't we have a direct democracy? - we are too big, people are too busy, and lack interest and expertise
Legislative - power to make laws
Sovereignty - the power of a government to rule
Social Contract - the population gives up power and rights in exchange for protection and well-being
Tuesday September 5 & Wednesday September 6: Complete the guided notes from the videos (both below.) Be sure to comment on one thing that you learned to receive full credit.
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Due Wednesday September 13 Period 1, Due Friday Period 2 (*Note Period 2 You Also Have a Quiz Friday - see below): Complete the guided notes from the video below. Be sure to comment with something that you learned to get full credit.:
Periods 1 & 2: Due to Storm Quiz has been postponed until Friday Quiz on guided notes from Systems & Form of Government